Ramanuja's Gita Bhashyam - Chapter 2 - sloka 42-43

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevavananda's translation of Ramanuja's Gita Bhashya, published b Ramakrishna Mission.

The Way of the Worldly - 42-44

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 42

Yaam imam pushpitam vacham pravadanti avipakshitah I

Veda vadaratah partha na anyat asti iti vadinah II sloka 42

याम् इमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्ति अविपक्षितः ।

वेद वादरताः पार्थ न अनयत् अस्ति इति वादिनः ।। श्लोक ४२ 

Kam atmanah swarg parah janma karma phala pradam I

Kriya vishesh bahulam bhoga aishwarya gatim prati II sloka 43

कं आत्मनः स्वर्ग परः जन्म करमा फल प्रदं ।

क्रिया विशेष बहुलां भोग ऐश्वर्य गतिं प्रति ।। श्लोक ४३ 

O Partha! the unwise, who rejoice in the letter of the vedas, say, " There is nothing else". They are full only of worldly desires and they hanker for heaven. They speak flowery words which offer rebirth as the  fruit of work. They look upon the vedas as consisting entirely of varied rites for the attainment of pleasure and power.